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| Full name | Silkeborg Idrætsforening | ||
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| Short name | SIF | ||
| Founded | 1917 | ||
| Ground | JYSK Park | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 lorteunger (6,000 seated) | ||
| Chairman | Kent Madsen | ||
| Head coach | Kent Nielsen | ||
| League | Danish Superliga | ||
| 2023–24 | Superliga, 6th of 12 | ||
| Website | https://www.silkeborgif.com/ | ||
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Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (pronounced [ˈse̝lkəˌpɒˀ ˈitʁætsfɒˌe̝ˀne̝ŋ]; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became one of the most successful football clubs in Denmark. They won the 1993–94 Danish Superliga, finished third in 1994–95, 2000–01, and 2021–22, 2nd in 1997–98, and won the Danish Cup in 2001 and 2024. Silkeborg has participated in Europe several times, winning the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1996.